Halloween 2013, Game of Thrones-style

This year, Game of Thrones fans once again topped themselves creatively when it comes to costumes. It’s no surprise that many people found the Red Wedding particularly inspiring, since the bloody affair is perfect for the holiday. Enjoy our second annual costume parade, and have a happy Halloween!
Talisa, Robb, Roose and Catelyn: Red-Wedding style

The Frey Band

Left to Right: The Hound, The Lord O’ Bones, Ilyn Payne, Lyanna Stark, a Silent Sister, Rhaegar Targaryen, a Fossoway archer, and friends

Shae, Joffrey, Jon Snow, and a Dragon

And some of our readers even brought Game of Thrones into their Halloween decorating schemes.

Stark-o’-lanterns

Ours is the Fury: Thanks to all the WinterIsComing readers who submitted photos over the last few days! You can check out more Halloween costume pics on our Tumblr. The official HBO Game of Thrones tumblr also has some fantastic Halloween costumes on display.

How things change … when I was a kid x-z light years ago things were limited to bobbing for apples and pinning the tail on the donkey. Trick or treat has come into the UK over the last few decades. One lady I knew had to tell some kids not to take the proverbial when they said they didn’t want sweets (that’s candy in the UK) they wanted money …… Once years ago I did meet some kids with pumpkin lanterns who asked if I knew where they could find some ghosts (as if I’d have been walking around calmly if I HAD seen a ghost). However coming back to the present day I’m impressed by all the costumes really. Now just having recovered from Trick or Treat I’ve got to steel myself for “penny for the Guy” (Bonfire or Guy Falks’s Night is still quite popular in the UK – 5th November, though the fireworks aren’t limited just to Nov 5th anymore and some parents are very cautious because there have been some nasty accidents with fireworks over the years). The King in the North was a good costume though I’m not sure about those trousers (pants).

Random offtopic stuff (because I’m an Australian and therefore don’t care about halloween):
Joseph Mawle (Benjen Stark) is in a recurring role on Ripper Street season 2 (which also happens to star Jerome Flynn (Bronn)). This has no relevance to Game of Thrones, I just thought it was cool. Whenever I see him I hear Jon Snow say “Uncle Benjen!” in my head :P.

Aimee Richardson (Princess Myrcella/Princess Indigo) tweeted that she is getting her braces off this month. When she was interviewed on here a few weeks ago I remember thinking “those braces could be annoying for the editors of the show when she appears again”, but that problem seems to have resolved itself. This is good because it means that they will have marginally more money for dragons and other cgi elements in season 5, as they won’t have to spend it editing out her braces :P.

Thanks for the news snippets – this European is also not very Halloween-minded ;-) I actually thought that Halloween costumes were meant to be scary, but almost none of these are so I must be wrong? Regardles, some of the costumes are very nice, and people enjoying themselves is always a good thing!